Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-12-04

a chop, steak or boiled chicken, with pota-
toes and biscuits as trimmings. He washes
the dinner down with a bottle of claret,
and he aids the digestion of his breakfast
with a tablespoonful of Bourbon whisky in
a~ppollinaris. He drinks coffee at break
fast and tea at supper; and he is p~articu-
larry fond ofhome made bread, upon which
he likes an extra spread of honey over the
butter.
Congressman Scott, of Pennsylvania,
who was worth SIS, 600, 900, used to eat a
luncheon of oysters in the restaurant of
the House OF Representatives. He would
cock the oysters himself in q chatting dish,
and it is said that he superintends his
own cooking at his farm on the Maryland
coast.
William II. Vanderbilt, who left $780,
900, 600, liked roast beef and mutton, me-
dunn we'll done. He was not found of
grease, spices or rich favored condiments,
and it was his rule to take n nap before
dinner. He did not smoke or chew during
his latter years, and his strongest drink
was lemonade.
Sam Tilden liked pie, and among his
favorites was that of rhubarb. He was
fed with a spoon during his old old age
and his servant put the most delicious
cream upon his sour pie plant.
George w. Childs is another millionaire
wlo uses neither intoxicants nor tobacco.
He likes fine dishes and he has a good
cook, but he eats plainly and his digestion
is in good condition. His table service is
probably the finest in the United States.
1t is made up of choice china from all over
| the world. Sevres, Worster, Derby, Dres-
den aud Milton vie with the rarest produc-
tions of China and Japan, and it is said
that one of his dinners to twenty persons
brings out china worth $50, 900.
Young Ives, who lately failed for such a
large fortune, neither smoked or drank to
excess, and the best of our m~illionaires are
not addicted to drinking. Mark Twain
does not object to champagne if he has to
make an after-dinner speech, bat he says
he cannot write we'll after drinking. He
smokes, however, to excess, and considers
| tobacco a good stimulant.
The swell dinners of our millionaires
cost high into the thousands, aud some
with wines and fancy menus have cost
nearly 800 per plate. At some of the
San Francisco dinners the menus are en-
graved on solid silver, and | have before
me the bill of fare which was served to the
President aud aud others when they at
tended the millionaire Tabor's second we'd
ding ut Washington. 1t was as follows:
Blue Points.
Haul Sauternc.
Clear Green Turtle.
Amontillado.
Tomatoes Terrine de Foles Gras Celery.
Broi!ed Shad, a Ia Maitre d'HOtel.
CuCUmbcrs.
Marcobrumner.
Philadelphia Capon, Il la GODDARD.
| Filet Of Beef, larded, with Mushrooms.
SweCtbrcads, a la Cont.
Stewcd Diamond back Terrspin, in cases,
Chateau Laiilte.
Sorbei au Yarmouth
Canvasback Duck. Salade. Woodcock on
Toast.
Omelet. Southe,
Jelly, q la Macedonia. GatteEan, St. HouOre.
Fruits, Ices. Bon Rons;
Otard Brandy.
French Cofee. Chartreuse.
The flowers used at this dinner cost
enough TO keep a labOrer's family q year
and the poor of New York could live OF
what the rich throw away.
Still some Of the richest Of rich men eat
but little of the dainties they sit down to.
George Peabody, who gave during his life
IN London bauquets for a king, confined
himself to a slice Of mntton and a glass of
claret, and Jay Gould's baked potatoes
finds there counterpart in the chopped
hCefsteak and weak tea which John w.
Mackay eats at dinner. MGckay with all
his millions is simple in his habits and it
is his wife who wears the diamonds
Speaking of Peabody he was not fond of
iewelry, aud he would not even
wear n gold watch chain, while
his studs or emf buttons were
of pearl Of ivory. The millionaire Stan
lord has a pair OF black rubber eye-Glassea
which be uaes in the place OF gold ones and
he says n man can get al the necessities of
life for II shilling9 a week. P~eabody's
personal expenses during his latter days
did not average more than $4,000 a year
and the rich Cincinnati millionaire Long
worth is said to have dressed like a coach
man and did not care for appearances.
LongwOrth was fond of fine wines. He
had a cellar which would contain 300, 900
bottles and he once gave $1,000 as a prem
ium for improvements in the production of
the Catawha grape. He had n fine sum-
n,er residence in the midst of his vineyard
and he left a fortune Of So, 00O, 900 when
he died.